Vol. 14 No. 1-2 (2013)
Iuvenilia

La novella di Ser Cepparello, poi San Ciappelletto

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Marcello Bolpagni
Univerzita Palackého, Olomouc
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1556/Verb.14.2013.1-2.8

Published 01-12-2013

Keywords

  • Boccaccio,
  • Decameron,
  • irony,
  • subversion,
  • Branca

How to Cite

Bolpagni, M. (2013). La novella di Ser Cepparello, poi San Ciappelletto. Verbum – Analecta Neolatina, 14(1-2), 127–133. https://doi.org/10.1556/Verb.14.2013.1-2.8
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Abstract

The aim of this paper is to analyse the opening short story of Decameron. Here, Boccaccio plays with the reader, hiding himself behind Ser Cepparello, the main character, and giving rise to various interpretations. Does the story concern a criticism against the religious habits and the popular naivety, or is it rather an entertainment, with the only goal of amusing the reader thanks to the power of the word? The paper reviews the most important critical literature, and then it attempts an interpretation of Ciappelletto, who unwillingly became a Saint.

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